Question reguarding starters

[Dan2539]

Just a quick question that might be a product of my over-thinking. If I make a yeast starter to be a particular volume, do I figure in the volume that will be increased by the addition of the liquid yeast? It seems like the liquid yeast would actually drop the gravity of the starter a bit.

 

[helibrewer]

Too small to worry about, the impact is insignificant. Technically you would add water to your DME to bring the total volume to your starter size....but most folks just use the starter size of liquid and add the DME to that.

 

[Dan2539]

Thanks, it just seems like it makes a pretty significant difference looking at the volume on my flask before and after adding the yeast.

 

[badhabit]

I would suggest that most folks are making single step starters about 800 to 1000 ml. the volume you are adding with commercial liquid yeast is not enough to worry about.